{"id":32389,"date":"2018-10-19T22:29:09","date_gmt":"2018-10-19T22:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/?p=32389"},"modified":"2018-10-19T22:29:09","modified_gmt":"2018-10-19T22:29:09","slug":"no-planet-no-politics-reactions-to-the-un-climate-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/?p=32389","title":{"rendered":"No Planet, No Politics: Reactions to the UN Climate Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/sized\/content\/images\/articles\/Coal_Plant_Sunset_Shutterstocl_XL-540x360.jpg\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\"  alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Image Credit: Shutterstock.com<\/p>\n<p> Time is running out to combat climate change. <\/p>\n<p> The United nations organization has released an alarming new climate science report &#8212; but will it even matter? We discuss how such reports is being received by leaders in the U.S. and abroad.<\/p>\n<p> Plus, we look at the politics of trenching coal influence. The brand-new U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report calls for a global coal phaseout by 2050. How practicable is that? <\/p>\n<p> Finally, Judge Brett Kavanaugh has been confirmed. We wrap up the indicate by wading into what that could mean for the midterms.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/art19.com\/shows\/a482d1a5-eff1-42d8-8319-e08b43514a5a\/episodes\/d32d822a-33c6-438f-9e0b-efbefa4478c4\/embed\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px; border: 0 none;\"> <\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p> Recommended speaking \ud83d\ude1b TAGEND<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2018\/10\/8\/17948832\/climate-change-global-warming-un-ipcc-report\" target=\"_blank\">Vox<\/a>: Report: We Have Simply 12 Years to Limit Devastating Global Warming<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy\/republican-climate-hawks-hope-dire-un-report-will-sway-skeptics\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Examiner<\/a>: Republican Climate Hawks Hope Dire U.N. 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The United nations organization has released an alarming new climate science report &#8212; but will it even matter? We discuss how such reports is being received by leaders in the U.S. and abroad. Plus, we look at the politics of trenching coal influence. 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